Why participate?

RobecoSAM’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment enables you to evaluate your company's performance on a wide range of industry-specific economic, environmental and social criteria that are financially relevant to corporate success.

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Sustainability can be a critical competitive factor – if you do it right.

Sustainability can be a critical competitive factor – if you do it right.

RobecoSAM's Corporate Sustainability Assessment enables you to
establish a baseline for your sustainability performance and to conduct competitive benchmarking. It helps you learn from the top-performing companies to improve your own performance. It arms you with information about what is happening in the marketplace – which strategies are working, which ones aren’t, and what is driving growth.

Learning from the CSA results

An in-depth assessment of your company’s sustainability performance that allows you to monitor KPIs over time and can serve as an essential tool to improve operations and your sustainability ranking in your industry. We facilitate your learning with

• A
benchmarking scorecard covering all criteria assessed that shows your company's sustainability performance, both in absolute and relative terms, compared to the different DJSI indices, the industry average and the industry's best-in-class company.
Download a Sample CSA Scorecard in Excel format

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Personalized feedback for companies interested in a more in-depth analysis of their sustainability performance RobecoSAM offers different customized benchmarking solutions including detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis and a discussion of the companies’ strengths and weaknesses compared to their industry peers.

An unparalleled methodology

Focus on what investors care about The CSA focuses on criteria that are both industry-specific and financially material, and has been doing so since 1999. This helps you understand which sustainability factors are important from an investor’s perspective, and which in turn, are most likely to have an impact on your company’s financial performance. Thus, the CSA serves as a sustainability roadmap helping you to prioritize corporate sustainability initiatives that are most likely to enhance your company’s competitiveness.

A dynamic and constantly evolving assessment We continuously update the questionnaire to capture emerging sustainability trends and opportunities that are expected to shape companies’ competitive environment.

We look at the full picture The breadth and depth of the assessment across the economic, environmental and social dimensions gives you a unique opportunity to highlight your company’s sustainability strengths in areas that might not be covered in traditional sustainability reports. This results in a more accurate reflection of your company’s sustainability performance.

Reach a wider range of investors

RobecoSAM publishes selected CSA data - such as company percentile rankings at the criterion, dimension and total score levels - on the
Bloomberg Professional platform. Not only does this allow you to showcase your company’s sustainability performance to the global investment community, it also gives over 12,000 Bloomberg licensees the tools to compare, analyze and identify sustainability leaders, enabling them to integrate relevant sustainability information into their investment decisions.

Enhance your reputation as a sustainability leader

Participation in the CSA also offers various opportunities for enhancing your brand and reputation as a global sustainability leader in the eyes of stakeholders, financial analysts and the public at large.

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Your company may be selected for inclusion in one or more of the globally recognized Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), which have been tracking the financial performance of companies that are corporate sustainability leaders in their respective industries since 1999, and have since have become the gold standard for sustainability.

Companies that qualify for the DJSI receive the DJSI Member logo demonstrating that they belong to a select group of sustainability leaders within their industry.

In addition, results of the CSA are used to construct innovative indices such as the
S&P Long-Term Value Creation Index and the
S&P ESG Index Series, attracting new shareholders looking for a broader range of Sustainability Investing solutions.

The Sustainability Yearbook Each year, we publish the RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook − the world’s most comprehensive publication on corporate sustainability − based on information collected through the CSA.

Reduce your reporting burden

Aligned with leading sustainability frameworks We work with globally recognized sustainability research and reporting organizations such as CDP, CDP Water, GRESB, and EDGE Certified Foundation to align our methodology and questions on specific topics. Not only does this help ensure that our analysis is consistent with leading sustainability research, it also enables you to leverage your CSA responses to complete other sustainability questionnaires and vice-versa, lessening you overall reporting burden.

”With the G20 setting up the Task Force to address corporate disclosure of climate-related financial risks, there is no better time for businesses to pay attention to their reporting”, says Tony Rooke, Director of Reporting at CDP. “The alignment between RobecoSAM and CDP on climate change facilitates more consistent corporate reporting in this area whilst reducing the reporting burden for companies. This also enables financial stakeholders to better understand and compare how businesses are managing climate-related issues for a resilient future.”

Integrated into your preferred sustainability software

To further streamline the process of completing the CSA, our online assessment tool uses XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) technology, the open international standard for digital business reporting. The XBRL Taxonomy for the CSA is a coded representation of all 60 industry-specific CSA questionnaires. This allows you and your software providers to integrate the CSA questionnaire into your corporate reporting systems, enabling you to automatically transfer the required data from your information management platforms directly into the RobecoSAM CSA. Not only does this reduce the time and resources needed to complete the assessment, but it also provides a consistent approach to transmitting sustainability information, improving the overall quality and accuracy of the data.

Currently, UL EHS supports the integration of the CSA into their software platforms.

Credibility

To ensure quality and objectivity of the CSA, RobecoSAM voluntarily appoints independent third party Deloitte to conduct an external audit of the assessment process each year.

CSA Resources

If you are participating in the CSA, the resource center provides you with a wealth of information describing our methodology, on-line support, registration instruction, tips and answers to Frequenly Asked Questions.

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